Topics and Links from Today's Mike Gallagher Show.

Hour #1
Illegals Awarded Ranch of Man Who Tried To Stop Them

PHOENIX — An Arizona ranch once owned by a member of an armed group accused of terrorizing illegal immigrants has been turned over to two of the very people the owner had tried keep out of the country.

The land is being transferred to satisfy a judgment against Casey Nethercott, a member of a self-styled border-watch group who is serving a five-year prison term for firearms possession.

Morris Dees Jr., chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which represented the immigrants, said he hoped the ruling would be a cautionary tale to anyone considering hostile measures against border crossers.

“When we got into this case, ranchers all along the border were allowing these types to come on their property,” Dees said. “Now, they’re very leery of it, especially when they see someone losing their ranch because of it.”

Hour #2
Robertson Calls for Chavez's Assassination

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson (search) has suggested that American agents assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (search) to stop his country from becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."

Hour #3
Should people like Eric Rudolph and the BTK Killer be given a public forum to tell their side of the story? I say NO!

Olympics bomber apologizes, but not to all victims
“I fully realize that all of this may be no consolation to the victims who suffered as a result of my actions, but I would do anything to take back that night,” he said. “To these victims, I apologize.”

He said nothing about victims at three other sites he pleaded guilty to bombing: a lesbian and gay nightclub near here where five people were injured; an abortion clinic here where more than 50 were injured; and an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., where a police officer was killed and a nurse maimed.

Hour #4(as heard on 1080 KRLD Dallas, TX)
Dallas police on Tuesday asked the City Council to allow them to stop answering every home and business burglar alarm call – an idea that alarm companies oppose and which has drawn the ire of homeowners in other cities.

Of the more than 62,000 alarm calls last year in Dallas, police say more than 97 percent were false, caused, for example, by malfunctioning alarm systems, weather or pets. Switching to what is called a "verified response" would free up the equivalent of 41 police officers and save about $3.4 million, police said. Read the rest HERE.



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